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Morning Coffee: Could Bruce Pearl actually win it all at Auburn?

Head coach Bruce Pearl talks about Auburn's win over Kentucky that earned them a spot in the NCAA Basketball Final Four. Montgomery Advertiser

SEC Network analyst Dane Bradshaw, who once played for Bruce Pearl at Tennessee, received a text message last week as Pearl's Auburn team was preparing to play North Carolina in the Sweet 16.

Pearl had just finished watching Tennessee's 101-87 loss at North Carolina.

The date of that game: Nov. 24, 2006.

"We lost, but we put 50 on them in the second half," Pearl texted optimistically.

"So he’s watching a game from 2006," Bradshaw said.